snáw
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Snow Snáw nix, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 47. Swá hwíte swá snáw (sná, Lind.: snáu, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 28, 3. Snáuw, Shrn. 50, 15. Snáua nix, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 3. Snáw cymþ of ðam þynnum wǽtan ðe byþ up átogen mid ðære lyfte, and byþ gefroren ǽr ðan hé tó dropum
stunian
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to crash, make a loud sound Sum biþ wíges heard, beadocræftig man ðǽr bord stunaþ where the shield resounds, Exon. Th. 295, 29; Crä. 40. Stunaþ eal geador winsum sanc a pleasant song sounds all together (from the union of many voices ), Met. 13, 49.
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ufenan
From above ⬩ Above ⬩ besides
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Grammar ufenan, adv. From above Se ðe ufenan com qui desursum uenit, Jn. Skt. 3, 31. Hé déð ðæt fýr cymð ufenon, Wulfst. 97, 21 note. Seó landfyrd com ufenon and trymedon big be ðam strande, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 24. Grammar ufenan, prep. with acc. Above
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un-ágen
Not one's own ⬩ not in a person's possession or under his control
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Not one's own, not in a person's possession or under his control Gehiéren ða eáðmódan hú éce ðæt is ðæt hié wilniaþ, and hú gewítende and hú unágen ðæt is ðæt hié onscuniaþ audiant humiles, quam sint aeterna, quae appetunt, quam transitoria, quae contemnunt
un-gerím
Countless ⬩ numberless ⬩ innumerable ⬩ incalculable ⬩ immense
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Countless, numberless, innumerable, incalculable, immense Ðǽr is ungerím fæc betweox hyre and ðære eorðon, Lchdm. iii. 254, 12. Ðæt wæs ungerím (uugerímlíc, MS. E.), ðæt intó helle behreás, Wulfst. 8, 15. Cómon ða hǽðengildan mid ungerímum folce, Homl
wígbed-sceát
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An altar-cloth Bewindan ða mágas ðæs cildes hand on ðæs altares weófodsceáte ( in palla altaris ), R. Ben. 103, 14. Ðis syndon ða cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Ðǽr synd ... .ii. mæssereáf and iii mæssehakelan and ii weóvedsceátas and ii overbrǽdels,
drohtnian
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Of cyrliscum lífe ... men ... swá micele eáðelícor and sél drohtniaþ ( live as monks ), swá hý stíþlíce áfédde wǽron, R. Ben. 138, 24. Hé cwæð be ðám Hǽlende: 'Mid mannum hé drohtnode,' Hml. Th. ii. 12, 32. Mid sóðre lufe hé drohtnode on ðisum lífe, 44
hæg-steald
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Add: a tiro, novice Warna ǽr cniht beón þænne hægesteald ł geong cempa caue ante miles esse quam tiro, Scint. 205, 9. Sé ðe hehstald (uirgo) gecoren is . . . ꝥte ðá hehstald hehstald gehealde (ut uirginem uirgo seruarei), Jn. p. l, 2-5. Ðǽr hehstalde
mylen-gear
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A mill-yair (yair an enclosure for catching fish. v. D. D. yair) Þæs hagan gemǽre æt Wintanceastre líð úp of þǽm forda on þone westmestan mylengear westeweardne; þæt eást on þone ealden welig, and þonan úp andlanges þæs eástran mylengeares . . . on þone
land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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a share, division, or portion of land, land, country Sume hine lǽtaþ ofer landscare ríðum tórinnan. Nis ðæt rǽdlíc þing gif swá hlutor wæter tóflóweþ æfter feldum óð hit tó fenne werþ some let it [spring of water] run away over their land in rills. It
wæl
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in a collective sense, the slain, the dead, a number of slain, generally of death in battle Wæl feól on eorðan, Byrht. Th. 135, 31; By. 126: 140, 45; By. 303. Ðæs wæles wæs geteald six hund manna mid ðám fýrenum flánum ofsceotene of those who died they
fiscere
A FISHER ⬩ piscātor ⬩ the bird king-fisher ⬩ alcēdo
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A FISHER; piscātor Ic eom fiscere ĕgo sum piscātor, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 1: Wrt. Voc. 73, 40. Hí wǽron fisceras ĕrant piscātores, Mt. Bos. 4, 18: Mk. Bos. 1, 16. Ðæra Terfinna land wæs eall wéste, bútan ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oððe fisceras, oððe fugeleras
of-áxian
To find out by asking ⬩ to learn
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To find out by asking, to learn Ðá hé ofáxode ( didicisset ) hwæt his suna him dydon, Gen. 9, 24: Chart. Th. 340, 27. Hé his bróðor slege ofáxode, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 5. Hé ofáxode æt ðám láreówum, ðæt Cristes þeówdóm ne sceal beón geneádod, 130, 14.
rǽpling
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One bound, a captive, prisoner, criminal Wæs ðá rǽpling se ðe ǽr wæs Angelcynnes heáfod ( of archbishop Ælfheah taken captive by the Danes ), Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 19. Hé ( St. Paul) wæs ðyder (to Rome ) rǽpling gelǽded, Blickl. Homl. 173, 7. Rǽplinga
ge-tǽse
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An advantage; commodum Ac geþenc ðæt ðú hym forwyrndest ǽlcra getésa ðá git becgen on líchaman wǽron and ðú hæfdest ǽlc good and he hefde ǽlc yfel ne mót he ðé nú ðý máre dón to getǽsan ðe ðú ðá hym woldest but remember that thou didst refuse him every
scerwen
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to deprive) Denum eallum wearð cénra gehwylcum eorlum ealuscerwen there was a fine feast for all the Danes (?) (the reference is to the disturbance caused by the fight between Beowulf and Grendel), Beo. Th. 1542; B. 769. Myclade mereflód meoduscerwen
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swancor
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Bending easily. of a horse (cf.Icel. svangr used in the same connection), slender, slim, active and graceful in movement þrió wicg swancor and sadolbeorhte, Beo. 4356; B. 2175. [Jamieson gives swank slender; limber, agile: swanking supple, active: swanky
up-weard
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Upwards, up. of motion, from a lower to a higher point Ðá gewende eal se sang upweard tó heofenum, Homl. Th. ii. 548, 14: Elen. Kmbl. 1609; El. 806 (? v. preceding word). up into a country. v. up, I. a 1 Swegen wende intó Humbran múðan, and swá uppweard
úþ-genge
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Fugitive, transitory, not to be retained, passing out of one's possession Se éþel úðgenge wearð Adame and Euan, eardríca cyst beorht óðbróden that country could no more be held by Adam and Eve, the choicest realm was taken away from them, Exon. Th. 153
á-bídan
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Add: absolute Hé fór intó Loðene and ðǽr ábád, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 36. Maximus mid firde bad (ábád, v. l.) æt Aquilegia Aquileiae Maximus insederat Ors. 6, 36; S. 292, 25. Hé forlét his here ábídan mid Scottum, Chr. P. p. 5, 6. Nú wolde ic gebétan, gif